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Hampus Lindholm has been rounding into form since entering the lineup on November 9.

Lindholm was a restricted free agent and didn't ink his six-year deal until October 27. He missed all of training camp so it's no surprise that he wasn't up to snuff when he returned to the lineup. He concentrated on the defensive part of the game but he has the green light to jump into the play according to head coach Randy Carlyle. "You see a rush up the ice and he’s got that ability to skate the puck," Carlyle said. "You see where he can recover a puck and break out against a strong forecheck. You see all those things. And then you see some other things where you wonder why did he do that? So there’s still some question marks." Lindholm has only two assists thus far, both in the same game against LA a week ago. Nov 29 - 6:26 AM

Hampus Lindholm pitched in two assists during Anaheim's 3-2 loss to Los Angeles on Sunday.

It took Lindholm six games to finally make the scoresheet, but he doubled up with two assists in the third period to give the Ducks a chance in a game they trailed 3-0. Lindholm's career high is 34 points. Nov 20 - 11:32 PM

Hampus Lindholm will make his season debut on Wednesday.

Lindholm hasn't played yet because he was a contract holdout and then needed to go through the visa process. His first practice with the Ducks came on Tuesday, so he might be rusty at first. Nov 9 - 12:38 PM

Ducks coach Randy Carlyle hasn't decided if Hampus Lindholm will play on Wednesday.

Lindholm missed the start of the season as a contract holdout and only participated in his first practice on Tuesday. He feels ready to play on Wednesday, but the decision is ultimately Carlyle's. "It’s tough," Carlyle said. "You fly all day yesterday and then get in, and then the excitement of coming to practice for the first time. We didn’t spare him any shifts out there too. The whole idea is we’ve got to get him up to game speed as quickly as possible. The things that we did with him today – pushing and shoving and defending and then shooting – are probably the things that he did the least of in his practice time with the team he was practicing with." Nov 9 - 9:13 AM

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While his two goals rank as a letdown for some, Ryan Getzlaf keeps generating assists, and Saturday was no different.

Getzlaf's two assists helped the Anaheim Ducks salvage a point from a 3-2 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers. With that, Getzlaf has 19 assists and 21 points in 22 games. Anaheim is no longer much of a critical darling, but don't blame the Ducks' captain for the slippage.

Vermette was a minus-one in his previous game and is a minus-four this season. Vermette has a huge benefit in some fantasy pools as he is the best in the league this year at the faceoff dot but his four goals and five assists aren't exactly great stats to help you win a pool.

Nate Thompson (Achilles) has reportedly been transferred to the long-term injured reserve list.

Apparently that's how the Ducks were able to stay under the cap while still signing RFA Hampus Lindholm to a six-year, $31.5 million. It makes sense to have Thompson on the LTIR as he might miss almost all of the 2016-17 campaign.

He has produced three goals and 11 points in 18 contests with the San Diego Gulls of the AHL this year. Noesen has skated in just two games with the Ducks over the last two seasons and he is expected to play in his third match on Wednesday night.

"I'm starting to feel better," Rakell said after skating on Tuesday. "So I'm taking it day by day. Just hoping it feels even better tomorrow." Rakell could be ready to play against Carolina after he sat out Sunday's game with an aggravated upper-body injury. He has found the back of the net in six of his last eight games and he wants to get back into the lineup as soon as he can.

Corey Perry scored at the 17:32 minute to tie the Carolina Hurricanes late in the third in what eventually became a 6-5 win by the Anaheim Ducks Wednesday night.

Immediately after doing so, Perry heaved a huge sigh of relief. His goal is only the fifth of the season and it snapped an 18-game streak in which he failed to find the back of the net. He has remained fantasy relevant, however, with 14 assists in that same span of events.

Ondrej Kase slipped one past Cam Ward in the fourth round of a shootout to hand the Anaheim Ducks a 6-5 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes Wednesday night.

Kase also had an assist Wednesday night on a goal by Stefan Noesen. It was Kase’s third assist of the season and Noesen’s first goal. Kase has only four points for the season and was not on many radar screens, but he was certainly more popular than Noesen who made only his third career start. In just 7:41 minutes of ice time, he scored his first career goal in the NHL.

To give that some context, Fowler's career-high is 10 goals set in 2010-11. He has a 14.0 shooting percentage, which is far higher than his career average and something we don't expect him to maintain, but he's still well on his way to setting a new personal best in terms of total goals. "I’ve talked about it all season long," Fowler said. "I’m trying to have more of a shooter’s mentality. By no means am I shooting the lights out. I’m definitely getting some good bounces here and there. I’m kind of a believer that you have to put yourself in the right situations to create your own luck. In previous years I haven’t been shooting the puck enough. Not nearly enough. The more pucks I can direct towards the net, the better off I am. I’m happy to see a few bounce my way right now."

Hampus Lindholm has been rounding into form since entering the lineup on November 9.

Lindholm was a restricted free agent and didn't ink his six-year deal until October 27. He missed all of training camp so it's no surprise that he wasn't up to snuff when he returned to the lineup. He concentrated on the defensive part of the game but he has the green light to jump into the play according to head coach Randy Carlyle. "You see a rush up the ice and he’s got that ability to skate the puck," Carlyle said. "You see where he can recover a puck and break out against a strong forecheck. You see all those things. And then you see some other things where you wonder why did he do that? So there’s still some question marks." Lindholm has only two assists thus far, both in the same game against LA a week ago.

While Bieksa missed practice, coach Randy Carlyle thinks he will be good to go Sunday. "He saw a doctor this morning," Carlyle said. "He had his check-up and he had his fluids. And we expect him to be fully available tomorrow." Bieksa has a goal and 19 penalty minutes in 18 games. If that is good enough to keep him in your lineup, well you may need to find a new game to play.

"And it’s one that my whole goal is to hopefully make it so that Simon in the end of all this lives a happy, healthy normal life and it’s going to take some time before we get to that point," Ducks GM Bob Murray said. Despres was plagued by concussion problems during the 2015-16 campaign and it's believed that his current issue is a recurrence of that. He's in the first season of a five-year, $18.5 million deal.

Korbinian Holzer and Jared Boll will serve as healthy scratches in Tuesday's game against the Canadiens.

Holzer played in Anaheim's last game, but he'd been scratched in three of their last nine games. This is the second time Boll's been scratched in the last three contests. Neither one of these players has any fantasy value.

"I think it was a good test to jump right in the fire," Manson said. "A (physical) team like L.A., I felt all right out there. I tested the shoulder early and it felt fine. And then from there, just trying to get my legs underneath me. Catch up to the speed of the game." He was injured in Game 1 of the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs and is eager to earn back his roster spot on the Anaheim blueline.

John Gibson will be credited with a 6-5 victory by the Anaheim Ducks over the Carolina Hurricanes, but he gave up five goals on 34 shots Wednesday night.

That many goals against the Ducks’ netminder minimized his effectiveness as a fantasy asset. This was the first time in the past four games that he failed to crack the .900 mark, however, recording only an .853 Wednesday night. Owners might want to keep him on their radar screen.

After a rough showing on Sunday, Jonathan Bernier will need to bounce back.

Bernier allowed eight goals on just 25 shots in an 8-3 loss to Calgary on Sunday. Ryan Kesler suggested that the Ducks collectively deserve the blame of the blowout loss while Antoine Vermette emphasized that they still have confidence in Bernier. "What you try to do is you try to flush what happened," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. "You can’t change what just went. Try to play a period that we can get ourselves in a preparation mode for our next one." Unfortunately for Bernier, as the backup goaltender it might be a little bit before he's able to put that game behind him by getting another start.